Sex and Yeast Infections: What You Should Know

Unfortunately, yeast infections can be a common and recurring condition for many women. If you have found yourself seemingly dealing with yeast infections on a regular basis, you may have concerns about sex and yeast infections. Through this article, you are provided some basic and essential information about sex and yeast infections to assist you in better understanding this issue in a more concrete and concise manner.

Before turning specifically to the subject of sex and yeast infections, it is necessary for you to better understand and appreciate what a yeast infection is and how you can contract a yeast infection. The primary initial factor that you need to keep in mind is that in a healthy vagina some yeast will be present. The primary type of yeast that can be found even in a healthy vagina is known as Candida yeasts. These types of yeasts can also be found – in small amounts – in a healthy person's rectum and mouth. Indeed, in some instances, trace amounts of these types of yeasts can be found in a healthy man's penis.

A yeast infection occurs when – for one reason or another – an imbalance occurs that permits yeast in a woman's vagina to multiply and grow unchecked. In the end, when such a rampant vaginal yeast infection occurs, a woman will experience a thick, white and oftentimes malodorous discharge from her vagina.

There are a number of factors related to sex and yeast infections that you need to understand. The first and most fundamental factor related to sex and yeast infections is that while a yeast infection is not considered a sexually transmitted disease per se, it is possible for a woman to contract a vaginal yeast infection from her male sexual partner. (Moreover, there are instances in which a yeast infection can pass from female to female during a sexual encounter.)

As mentioned a moment ago, there are instances in which a healthy male will have some yeast or yeasts within his penis. It is possible for a male to experience an imbalance in his own systems which result in a yeast infection within his penis. If that has occurred, and if a male has vaginal intercourse with his female partner during the outbreak of such an infection within his own penis, he can (and likely will) transmit that yeast infection to a female during vaginal intercourse.

A second way in which a yeast infection can be transmitted into a woman's vagina during sex occurs when a male and female engage in anal sex after which they engage in vaginal intercourse. If the male's penis or sex toys are not appropriately cleaned following the anal intercourse and before the vaginal intercourse, a yeast infection can result in a woman's vagina. Finally, depending on the sexual practices engaged in between lesbian women, is possible for a yeast infection to be passed from one woman to another. In the end, when it comes to sex and yeast infections, an infected person simply should not have sex until the yeast infection has resolved.

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